Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-02

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Lisa Wednesday afternoon JuIiu
smith, . rspusabis yss1e uan Of thi
city, who resides With his parents o,
sixth and Union strsssa. wsnt 70 Taes
ms 10 nDeas his brother Otto, Who "a
exDssted FROM The East. aud before BE-
ing ID he town TIVE hours sas ARRESTED
and thrOwn into > 6iihy Jafl, shsrs b
vas compelled TO remain all nizha. Mr..
Smith tsIIs the story ~ follows:
Il arrived as Tacona on the Fleet.
wood Wednesday afternoon ana waited
around there for TIE train 10 arrive
frsu Portland. when the ears STOPPED
| vent through the train looking for nv
brother, but be was not on bsard.
While going through the train notined
policeman Looking at me, bat thought
netting Of it, bat as / weHt 30 Jump
from the cars be eanRht hold 81 me and
said IL your name BioomF told
MIN mo- that my name vas Smith and
thai had come up from Seattle 20 meet
my brosheF. He said be did nat believe
me; thai ! answered. the description OF
q Portlsnd barRiaf Shanasd Bloom and
that be VS. satisfied uas the man.
protested my innoceuos and showed
him letters addressed to me, and also
Fecaipted bills, aad eertifsatea Of de-
, Hsif from the Puget Sound National
Bank. All these things went for uaughi
vita = Tacoma policeman. He still IN
sisted that my name Vas Bloom. /
then told him I would bet him I've dol
lars / had told tbs truth aud asked
him TO take me TO tbs telegraph cffiee,
where / might send Q dispatch TO Seat
tie and satisfy him that my name vas
Smitk. BE said: That makes no diff
fsreaoe, you must 20 20 jail ] gro
tested and told the ofkioar / Was very
anxious 70 meet my brother and did
not want 10 be licked up. He said he
wOeld give me good lodging and es-
eoFted me 70 the fail. when be went 90
lock me up / asked the Chief, H. p. Ne
ksy, 20 Telegraph 10 my brother
Nitor Huge Smith, who works In she
Puget Sound n Itional BAak, and that !
would pay the bill. but be refused. he
then pas me late . miserable. dark,
dirty cell and locked the door. / asked
for light and be said the gas would be
turned on In ten minutes. A dr1nken
woman named Msllfe Smith. Who vas
In the next cell beard him tell me this,
aud she shouted: 'You lie, you old blow
bard There q no gas In this psn.'
And found out the woman vas right.
struck Q match o. D looked about. The
place vas actually NOS nc 20 put Q hog
Ia. told the oficer that / wanted q
better cell, 90 there was no ventilation
where vas, and IN reply. be answered:
Oh, that's good enongh for yOa.' Well,
I worried through the night, being kept
awake by the oaths OF the dRunken vo
man and the laughter Of the other pris-
oneFs Who encouraged her In her bias
phemy. Al o'clock We we're let out In
the corridor Of the jail and permitted 10
wash IN the sink where the slops are
smplied. AZ 7:2) breakfast vas served.
bat bad no appetite. the stencil of the
place and the revolving scenes therein
had sickened me, and got 10 q window
where could get some fresh cir, which
vas What most desired at that time.
After breakfast vas pat into Q cell
With another man. Il was cleaner aud
had better ventilation than the one
slept in. Chief Mckay came around at
10 o'clock and asked him II he had tel-
egFaphed my brother, and be said be
had not. / thea insisted that be should
and told him that would gladly pay for
the message. He had my waseh and
money 80 he vas psrfectly safe in going
10 the expense. he promised he would
telegraph aud took my brothers name
and address. AZ IL o'clock be came and
released me. came home as soon as
could ana made up my mind 10 keep
away from Tacoma in the future. On
arriving home l found that my folks
had bsen dreadfalIy worried about me.
Before left Tacoma lawyer came -
me aud advised me 30 enter suit against
the city for false Imprisonment. Just
what action ! will take IN the matter l
am not know prepared 70 state"